Chapter 66: Hot Clash with Queen mother

Zane ~

I was so furious, to the point that I couldn't believe what was happening.

They both disappeared immediately after they'd destroyed my mood. What was even wrong with Ephesus? At this point I don't think he knows what he's doing. Honestly, I do not.

I came out of the water, wearing my sweatshirt and pants. I teleported straight to the palace.

I didn't know exactly what to do, just moving around looking for who to transfer my aggression on. I went to my room. No one was there.

The fuck, where has Ember gone to? That was the least of my problems, or should I even say part of my problems right now.

I searched the rooms and bathroom, but she was nowhere to be found. Where on earth is this girl? She shouldn't go home.

That place is worse for her right now. Silver Palace...that's where I'm taking her to when I find her. She'll be safe there. At least she will go to school from there.

I needed to see Mom and tell her the rubbish her husband was saying. And it hit me that Mom isn't even aware that I've a mate already.

But how do I tell Mom that she's basically wolfless and powerless? Heck, almost human.

I opened the door of the chamber, and my gaze fell immediately on Aphrodite cuddling someone. I looked at the figure closely. It was Ember.

I wanted us to have a little distance for now till I get everything clarified. I hope it doesn't affect either of us and works.

“Aphrodite, what are you doing here?”

The moment Ember heard my voice, she jerked up and ran straight to me.

I wanted to hug her desperately. Her eyes were teary, but I needed space. I held her hands midway through the hug.

She frowned, trying to hug me, but I held her hands back.

“What are you doing here?” I muttered, facing her, before moving to Aphrodite.

“Well, we came to see Queen Mother.”

I nodded. “Take her to the Silver Palace.”

I muttered and walked into Mom’s room. Of course she’d been there.

“Zane,” Ember called out, but I ignored her. I needed focus, and this time I wanted it rapt until I got all matters resolved.

I knocked on her door. “If you're still there with that bitch Aphrodite, it wouldn't be funny, girl. I bet you,”

I frowned at first. Who was Mom referring to? The hell.

“It’s me, Mom,” and Amira, her personal maid who has been working for Mother for the past twenty years, opened the door for me.

“Alpha,” she bowed. I nodded and went towards the edge of the bed where my mother was sitting.

“Mother,” I called out, and the next thing I received was a huge slap on my face. This was not my mother.

“What’s wrong, Mom? You hit me??”

“And I'll do it again if you don't know how to close your eyes.

Must you always go for things under the skirts? Zane, why do you want to disgrace your father’s legacy?

The good deeds your father had done, you haven't done one bit, yet you're planning to tarnish the image of Silverado.”

“What are you talking about, Mother?”

“Who the hell was that gold digger who came with Aphrodite? She claimed she's your girlfriend.

Is that what we need now, Thorne? Answer me. Is that? Are we looking for childish relationships? Hell no, we need something mature.

Thorne, I'm sick and tired at the same time honestly, we need a Luna. We need someone to guide you and make you stay focused.”

I stared so darkly as she kept on talking. Gods know hell.

“Mother,” I stood up facing her directly. “What did you do to Ember, Mother? You know I've been watching you closely.

I can see that you've been slowly brainwashed by Maldon. You'll stay out of my path, Mother. Don't try to join what you can't finish.”

I made it clear the other day that nobody should raise up this topic of a Luna. Are you all daft?

“What the hell have you said to her? Tell me, Mother!” I yelled, and my mother was frightened.

She had never seen this kind of me before, and I loved how it was.

“Thorne?? You're shouting at me over some worthless bitch, over your freaking fuckmate.”

“Thorne, when did you become this way? I trained you to be more than this. Thorne, this isn't you.

This wasn't the son that stayed in my womb for four years after all the pains and sufferings I went through to bring you out. You stand right before me, Thorne, and yell at me.”

“Mom, if you push this further, you're on your own honestly. Who the heck told you she was my fuckmate? Huh? Who said that rubbish to you? You see that girl there?

That's my light! That's someone that is presently holding my life right now. That's someone who shaped me.

That's someone who made me realise what love is again, and you call the future Luna of this pack my fuckmate? Well yes, Mother, she's my fuckmate.

She's the one I'm ready to fuck with all my life. She's the one that I want to fuck with to have children, okay? Get that stuck in your head, Mother.

That's my mate. It's either you give her, her respect or better still you step down as the Queen Mother.”

“What? Unbelievable, Thorne. Can someone just wake you up? What do you mean I'm supposed to step down from the only position I'll ever get in my life as your mother?

You're not ashamed of yourself, Thorne. You want to pull your mother off her position."

“Whatever or however you were managed to be bewitched by that brat, you'd better pluck that log of foolishness out of your life.

Thorne, that girl cannot and can never be your Luna. The council has chosen. Since you had already surpassed your warning signals, you've crossed your 1000th year already, and remember the law. Without your mate? The council decided.”

I stood up in rage. “Mother, tell me it's a lie.”

She hissed slowly. “Congratulations to you, dear son. Have a blast bonding with Sloane. Mind you, she's not related to Maldon, so there isn't any foolish excuse. Enjoy, son.”